NAFTA Regional Integration

In March of 1994, NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed by leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. This agreement is about tariffs and cooperation of trade among the three countries in creating an open environment to trade without restraint. The three countries ultimately receive many benefits and advantages from NAFTA, however, there are also disadvantages of this agreement. NAFTA continues to have a major impact on the people in all three countries. …

…to labor and social development as it gives to the protection of investors and financiers is not viable. Rather than attempting to spread a deeply flawed agreement to all of the Americas, the leaders of the nations of North America need to return to the drawing board and design a model of economic integration that works for the continent's working people. Reference Rippon, Mathew J, History of Globalization, (http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/611.html)